Who Is Jill Kelley And Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Her?

The center of gravity in the Petraeus sex scandal has shifted to a mysterious woman in Tampa, Fla., that many of our top military and law-enforcement brass appear to have become obsessed with.

We know some basic facts about this woman.

What we don't know, yet, is what it is about her that has caused at least two men and one woman in her orbit to go insane.

Consider:

The woman, Jill Kelley, is the wife of a surgeon and an "unpaid social liaison" to MacDill Air Force base, home to U.S. Central Command. This "job" seems mainly to include hosting and attending parties and emailing with generals and FBI agents.

Kelley is originally from Philadelphia and is of Lebanese descent. She has an identical twin sister and three kids. She's 37.

In the 10 years that she and her husband have lived in Tampa, one or both have been the subject of at least nine lawsuits "seeking payment of real estate and credit card debts," according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Kelley's identical twin sister, Natalie Khawam, a Tampa lawyer who represents whistleblowers, has also had a fair share of legal troubles. She is currently embroiled in a nasty lawsuit with her former employer, whom she has accused of sexual harassment and other charges. The employer has fought back with court documents claiming Khawam has a "history of abusing the litigation process." According to a bankruptcy petition she filed this year, Khawam lives with the Kelleys in Tampa, and owes $3.2 million in unpaid debt.According to the Chicago Tribune, Khawam was also involved in a brutal custody fight with her former husband, Grayson Wolfe, a Washington, D.C.-based venture capitalist who once worked for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. The New York Post reports today that Petraeus wrote a letter in support of Khawam to the court in the case, although we have not been able to confirm this. According to the Post, the judge called Khawam a "psychologically unstable person," and awarded Wolfe sole custody of the couple's 3-year-old child.

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Obama and his henchmen sure timed this one well. Petreus doesnt have to testify testify now (can plead the 5th) , but who really cares most of the ignorant minorities who voted for Obama think Benghazi is a drink special at the local Chinese restaurant. Out government is now run by a referendum of morons who never graduated from college and can't spell their own names.